Absolute mega brain move by NASCAR to push the number back so everyone would hate it so much that when the forward number was announced even people against it were like “well, at least it’s not the other option” They don’t get enough credit for how genius a P.R. move that was. 😂
All the stuff that happened in 2020 feels so surreal, from Timmy Hill's 5 minutes of glory, Larson's Ballad and Bubba's rope thing, it's like something you could only imagine would happen in a South Park episode 🥴
@@DaveysCards what's a bummer is that Timmy never got his big break. I'm sure him in a good Cup ride would give that melon hack a run for his watermelon farming money, he's been doing wonders with his small truck team ever since and it's so wholesome how it's all a grassroots family operation.
@@thetechfromheaven man in the words of obi wan Kenobi "that's a name I haven't heard for a long time" I do remember everyone was rooting for him back in the day.
@@DaveysCards Yeah, Instead of comparing Ross with Dale, people were comparing Timmy with Dale, hence his nickname "The Intimmydator". He still was doing great when real racing came back in MBM's trash equipment, I remember he got stage points at the roval and a couple of top 20's. It's a bummer that he never got a shot from a bigger team.
Damn, I still wish the number placement was optional whether it's centered, back, or forward instead of mandatorily forward only. Some liveries look good with centered, back, and forward numbers. The Underglow was painfully underwhelming, and same with the Main Event. Which was a bummer. Bristol is awesome. Thankfully not the worst race. In conclusion, 2020 (in general) still sucks
@@NASCARFAN93100 My 27 yr old cousin passed away too, what was strange was the fact that he worked at a face mask manufacturing plant. I can't say what company owned the factory or I will end like Randy Marsh in the Japanese Toilet episode, but my cousin was not the only worker on that factory that passed away from the now well known disease.
This is why I mostly think the All-Star Race is more of an experimental project rather than a million dollar exhibition race. Excluding the underglow, a vast majority of these changes have been implemented in this current next-gen era ever since.
Was at this race! Got my pictures with you and the rest of the nascar RUclips gang and even got interviewed by Marty Smith and ended up on ESPN for it! The race was so quick and not too terribly exciting, but the experience of the whole day was incredible
I've never cared much for the all star race, I always thought it was a waste of time unless it was in an experimental market. But I'll remember this race for the underglow, which I admit to liking for this occasion.
Eh, it was okay. I feel like the underglow would’ve been a lot better if the drivers could’ve ran with a corresponding color to their sponsor or paint scheme rather than by manufacture. For simplicity sake I get it, but I wish they went farther than they did with it.
@TatsuPazuzu Most of the scheme designers have done a fantastic job adapting to the change. Some schemes are still clunky, but most flow naturally quite well
God the underglow lights were so pointless and stupid. Only bad thing I can say about this race other than the number placements. Glad NASCAR went with the current one as it looks more natural than placing them near the rear tires.
Just a shame that, knowing what we know now, almost none of the 2020 season "precautions" were needed, and all of this footage is super weird in hindsight.
It was an honor to attend this race. This was also my best friend's first Nascar race too! I kidnapped him and drove 9 hours to go see this race! By the end he was like "When's the next one?? I wanna go!" I said it's in New Hampshire but Talledega is coming up and that's a couple hours away from home!
I didn’t mind the underglow but hated that they had to run the colour of there manufacturers versus a colour that would increase the look of the paint schemes just go back and look at Kurt Busch’s monster energy car when it was green under glow on Broadway
Given the number of sporting events, in particular motorsport, taking place in front of deserted stands, I remember thinking just having some fans there was a feel good story, lifting the downcast nature caused by the pandemic. The F1 season in 2020 could also be regarded as weird from a schedule perspective. After the PR disaster that was the last minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix, it wouldn't be until July that year that the season eventually got underway. Working around the Covid induced restrictions of the time, the originally planned calendar (which amongst others included what would have been the first time F1 raced in Vietnam) was thrown in the bin and the powers that be worked out a calendar to at least get a season completed in some form. This meant that the first 2 races were in Austria (officially the Austrian and Styrian Grands Prix), followed by Hungary, and two races at Silverstone (the second of which included the stupidly named "70th Anniversary Grand Prix,"). Thereafter, apart from 3 races in Italy in Monza, Mugello and Imola (the first time since the United States in 1982 that one country has staged 3 Grands Prix at 3 different tracks, in that case it was Long Beach, Detroit and Las Vegas), an unusually late August date for Spain, a likewise late but welcome return for Turkey (between 2005 and 2011, it was staged in either August, May or June, but in 2020, it was mid November), Bahrain staging 2 races (one at the end of November for the Bahrain Grand Prix, this was the race where Romain Grosjean had his firey crash, the second on the Sakhir Outer Circuit, which was inaccurately described as an "almost Oval" in early December) and Abu Dhabi ending the year, most races were more or less where they'd normally be in a calendar year. In all, F1 got in 17 races in 2020, which was quite a feat (not on the same level as NASCAR admittedly), and although Lewis Hamilton got his 7th championship with ease, it was better than the initial waiting for racing to commence
I would like to see nascar put the numbers on the rear quarter panel behind the wheel, it would be kinda interesting. I also wished the under glow was under the whole car instead of the rear bumper, and the under glow would match the paint scheme instead for it being Blue for Ford, Orange for Chevy and Red for Toyota, It looked weird imo.
I was there. I was glad to see the new stuff they were trying. I think the choose cone was an awesome addition to nascar. Underglow would have been better if they could match it to the cars. Don’t care about number placement honestly. Thank you Tennessee for hosting this event and letting fans attend.
Ah The all-star race you attended along with the other members of NWP yeah this one was weird On every single level, and yes was NASCAR and sports in general biggest crowd in 3 months from the pandemic. now your talking about it once again. yeah 2020 was just recent but it was tough year for everybody, but you guys at least got to the chance to return to the track and attend the all star race at Bristol. But yes it was weird and infamous on every level. and again it was not a mixed reaction Bubba got oh-no it was real boos. But was the beginning of seeing him evolve into a bad guy. And I said myself 3 years ago I would not be surprised that when the fans got back to the track they'd boo Bubba Wallace. I was right on that, and it hasn't stopped at most places since then. Us fans still don't like him largely cause of that. and those comments he made about McDowell sounded pretty bad, and did not help matters. Not one bit since then.
NGL I think the underglow should come back some time, if done better (and make the colors actually match for the most part) I think they can look really cool
I was there. They may have ran out of water during the Open, but they had enough beer for full capacity.. lol. It was hotter than nine kinds of hell before the sun went down. We actually sat pretty close to you guys. Race was a neat experience but nothing like the Night Race.
This was actually my first ever Bristol race that I went to, and I had a blast. Got to meet you and Jarrett (The Iceberg), too. And since that night, I’ve been to Bristol Motor Speedway once a year.
@@everettdavison6452 I don't think they made the best of the number being by the rear wheel, I think there is a lot more potential for awesome paint schemes with the number rearward... I find the number being forward gets in the way of a lot of potential designs
I went to the 2020 night race and having a whole row to myself thanks to Covid was nice. Even better because I ordered crappy low seats on the back, ended up with nice high seats in turn 3
I already missed him the second he announced retirement, I've always enjoyed him, I grew up listening to him, he's comforting to listen to and hilarious.
Underglow would be interesting if they used it for something (like IMSA leader lights). Maybe for leader/top 5/top 10, or maybe even just for current flag conditions
The underglow wouldnt have been terrible if there had been more then just the rear bumper like that and if eqch team was allowed to pick their own color to make them match their paint-schemes instead of eqch manufacturer having a color What was the point nascar actually had a neat idea (at least for the allstar race) for once and still butchered it
Basically, he and his team tried to pass off a garage pull rope at Talladega as a noose, and it turned into a public spectacle that involved an FBI investigation. It's kinda like how "bananagate" and other racially-charged hoaxes keep happening at different college campuses so that the black student unions who orchestrate them can put pressure on school administrators to get their list of demands met. At least that's how I interpreted it.
yeah that allstar race was pretty boring in terms of racing, but the format and things they tried were pretty cool. I do hope that they go back to Charlotte with a similar package as the 2018 allstar race though
I remember watching this race live as if it were yesterday. I can't believe it's been 3 years since it already. I remember eating Wendy's as they ran the Open and jumped out of my seat while yelling my lungs out when McDowell destroyed Wallace. The main event on the other hand, I remember thinking it wasn't the best racing wise as Elliott pretty much had the better car the whole time
The number placement was cool for this race. The cars look better with the numbers pushed back instead of forward. The underglow was terrible in as much as they should've matched it up with the paint scheme of the car. Being based off the manufacturer was a bad idea
lol but can we talk about how Bubba left his front bumper in the 34 hauler and then McDowell auctioned it off 💀😭
at least things ended well with the auction for a good cause
I didn't even know he auctioned it💀💀💀 how much did he make
bro is a savage
@@HaydenBlox they both did an auction for a good cause. That’s all I remember
Lol
Absolute mega brain move by NASCAR to push the number back so everyone would hate it so much that when the forward number was announced even people against it were like “well, at least it’s not the other option”
They don’t get enough credit for how genius a P.R. move that was. 😂
2020 feels like 20 years ago and yesterday at the same time
I'd like to forget about the entire year except for January and February
All the stuff that happened in 2020 feels so surreal, from Timmy Hill's 5 minutes of glory, Larson's Ballad and Bubba's rope thing, it's like something you could only imagine would happen in a South Park episode 🥴
Weird how only 1 of those things is still talked about through the years.
@@DaveysCards what's a bummer is that Timmy never got his big break. I'm sure him in a good Cup ride would give that melon hack a run for his watermelon farming money, he's been doing wonders with his small truck team ever since and it's so wholesome how it's all a grassroots family operation.
@@thetechfromheaven man in the words of obi wan Kenobi "that's a name I haven't heard for a long time" I do remember everyone was rooting for him back in the day.
@@DaveysCards Yeah, Instead of comparing Ross with Dale, people were comparing Timmy with Dale, hence his nickname "The Intimmydator". He still was doing great when real racing came back in MBM's trash equipment, I remember he got stage points at the roval and a couple of top 20's. It's a bummer that he never got a shot from a bigger team.
@@thetechfromheaven he's still fairly young we'll see what happens. Maybe he makes a comeback.
That number placement is just…
I don’t know how to describe it.
NASCAR Mexico fans: "Primera vez?"
The underglow example on the fox graphics Vs. How it actually looked is hilarious.
Eh, at least this race gave us the choose cone.
The problem was they had the ride heights up on the burnout event. Obviously during the race, they slam the cars to the ground
Damn, I still wish the number placement was optional whether it's centered, back, or forward instead of mandatorily forward only. Some liveries look good with centered, back, and forward numbers.
The Underglow was painfully underwhelming, and same with the Main Event. Which was a bummer. Bristol is awesome. Thankfully not the worst race.
In conclusion, 2020 (in general) still sucks
Could've been like how the East and West Series allows drivers to have numbers on the fender. Imagine how THAT would've gone down.
You know 2020 sucked when the highlights were Larson's ballad, Timmy Hill's 5 minutes of glory, Mickey Mouse championship and Bubba's rope thing
@@crystaljon it’s hard to think of 1 car that looks good with the numbers on the panel. Imma be real
@@thetechfromheaven It was also the year my mom passed away
@@NASCARFAN93100 My 27 yr old cousin passed away too, what was strange was the fact that he worked at a face mask manufacturing plant. I can't say what company owned the factory or I will end like Randy Marsh in the Japanese Toilet episode, but my cousin was not the only worker on that factory that passed away from the now well known disease.
This is why I mostly think the All-Star Race is more of an experimental project rather than a million dollar exhibition race. Excluding the underglow, a vast majority of these changes have been implemented in this current next-gen era ever since.
I'm eternally glad the underglow was canned after that one. It seemed an unnecessary distraction.
@@HayTatsuko it would have been so sick if they could have done the underglow the color of the paint scheme. It being the manufacturer color was weird
@This is it Chiefs Leave it to NASCAR to somehow corporatize anything fun in the sport
@@HayTatsuko Unfortunately, they still went with the new number placement.
Was at this race! Got my pictures with you and the rest of the nascar RUclips gang and even got interviewed by Marty Smith and ended up on ESPN for it! The race was so quick and not too terribly exciting, but the experience of the whole day was incredible
I've never cared much for the all star race, I always thought it was a waste of time unless it was in an experimental market. But I'll remember this race for the underglow, which I admit to liking for this occasion.
Eh, it was okay. I feel like the underglow would’ve been a lot better if the drivers could’ve ran with a corresponding color to their sponsor or paint scheme rather than by manufacture. For simplicity sake I get it, but I wish they went farther than they did with it.
Glad to have witnessed this in person! While It was a mid race, I got to experience something almost no NASCAR fans ever go to!
To be fair the number slid back doesn’t look any worse then the number slid forward..wish they’d left them alone
At first I was like wtf. But It grew on me. I like them towards the front
@TatsuPazuzu Most of the scheme designers have done a fantastic job adapting to the change. Some schemes are still clunky, but most flow naturally quite well
1:06 that hair is a paid actor, quite unprofessional if you ask me
The weirdest and most impactful. Number placement and choose cone conversations were started mostly
It’s been 2 years and I still hate the number placement. Most of the field doesn’t even properly use the extra sponsorship space.
Agreed. So much negative space on a bunch of them and it looks awkward. They tried to fix something that wasn't broken.
Right in my back yard. BMS is literally 15 minutes away from my home. I was there. And it was weird
The number getting moved up front is a billion times better than moving it back
God the underglow lights were so pointless and stupid. Only bad thing I can say about this race other than the number placements. Glad NASCAR went with the current one as it looks more natural than placing them near the rear tires.
I will never forget how ugly those cars were. Jeez, they looked horrible.
The 2020 All Star Race just reeks of 2020 and all its misfortunes that plagued the country
Hopefully, they fixed that package and it impresses the public more than it did last year
Front numbers are so much better than rear numbers
This is the first NASCAR race I watched and I liked it
Just a shame that, knowing what we know now, almost none of the 2020 season "precautions" were needed, and all of this footage is super weird in hindsight.
The number placement was weird but these cars weren't ugly lol. Gen 6 cars are the 2nd best looking gen behind gen 4
I thought the rear ends of the Chevys and Toyotas were on fire the whole time lol
Only problem I had with the underglow was I wish they would let the drivers choose it so it matches with their sponsors
It was an honor to attend this race. This was also my best friend's first Nascar race too! I kidnapped him and drove 9 hours to go see this race! By the end he was like "When's the next one?? I wanna go!" I said it's in New Hampshire but Talledega is coming up and that's a couple hours away from home!
I didn’t mind the underglow but hated that they had to run the colour of there manufacturers versus a colour that would increase the look of the paint schemes just go back and look at Kurt Busch’s monster energy car when it was green under glow on Broadway
Given the number of sporting events, in particular motorsport, taking place in front of deserted stands, I remember thinking just having some fans there was a feel good story, lifting the downcast nature caused by the pandemic.
The F1 season in 2020 could also be regarded as weird from a schedule perspective. After the PR disaster that was the last minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix, it wouldn't be until July that year that the season eventually got underway. Working around the Covid induced restrictions of the time, the originally planned calendar (which amongst others included what would have been the first time F1 raced in Vietnam) was thrown in the bin and the powers that be worked out a calendar to at least get a season completed in some form. This meant that the first 2 races were in Austria (officially the Austrian and Styrian Grands Prix), followed by Hungary, and two races at Silverstone (the second of which included the stupidly named "70th Anniversary Grand Prix,"). Thereafter, apart from 3 races in Italy in Monza, Mugello and Imola (the first time since the United States in 1982 that one country has staged 3 Grands Prix at 3 different tracks, in that case it was Long Beach, Detroit and Las Vegas), an unusually late August date for Spain, a likewise late but welcome return for Turkey (between 2005 and 2011, it was staged in either August, May or June, but in 2020, it was mid November), Bahrain staging 2 races (one at the end of November for the Bahrain Grand Prix, this was the race where Romain Grosjean had his firey crash, the second on the Sakhir Outer Circuit, which was inaccurately described as an "almost Oval" in early December) and Abu Dhabi ending the year, most races were more or less where they'd normally be in a calendar year. In all, F1 got in 17 races in 2020, which was quite a feat (not on the same level as NASCAR admittedly), and although Lewis Hamilton got his 7th championship with ease, it was better than the initial waiting for racing to commence
I would like to see nascar put the numbers on the rear quarter panel behind the wheel, it would be kinda interesting. I also wished the under glow was under the whole car instead of the rear bumper, and the under glow would match the paint scheme instead for it being Blue for Ford, Orange for Chevy and Red for Toyota, It looked weird imo.
No matter people's different opinions on NASCAR's recent changes, I think that we ALL can agree on this...
That number placement sucks!
I was there. I was glad to see the new stuff they were trying. I think the choose cone was an awesome addition to nascar. Underglow would have been better if they could match it to the cars. Don’t care about number placement honestly. Thank you Tennessee for hosting this event and letting fans attend.
Ah The all-star race you attended along with the other members of NWP yeah this one was weird On every single level, and yes was NASCAR and sports in general biggest crowd in 3 months from the pandemic. now your talking about it once again. yeah 2020 was just recent but it was tough year for everybody, but you guys at least got to the chance to return to the track and attend the all star race at Bristol. But yes it was weird and infamous on every level. and again it was not a mixed reaction Bubba got oh-no it was real boos. But was the beginning of seeing him evolve into a bad guy. And I said myself 3 years ago I would not be surprised that when the fans got back to the track they'd boo Bubba Wallace. I was right on that, and it hasn't stopped at most places since then. Us fans still don't like him largely cause of that. and those comments he made about McDowell sounded pretty bad, and did not help matters. Not one bit since then.
NASCAR should have let the teams put underglow going with the car colors instead of separating them by manufacturer, would have looked better!
The only good thing that came out of that race was the choose rule..
NGL I think the underglow should come back some time, if done better (and make the colors actually match for the most part) I think they can look really cool
Nascar held the all star race at atlanta motor speedway in 1986 or so
The numbers moved back looked horrible, but moved forwards actually looks good, but maybe that’s just me being used to it after a year
I was there. They may have ran out of water during the Open, but they had enough beer for full capacity.. lol. It was hotter than nine kinds of hell before the sun went down. We actually sat pretty close to you guys. Race was a neat experience but nothing like the Night Race.
Man the undergrlow was so cool. That should have become a allstar race staple
Bubba said mcdowell is a joke and less than a year later mcdowell wins the 500 lol thought that was funny
1:06 and 1:22 I'm Dying!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
numbers in the rear were way worse looking at it years later. i have the whole diecast wave of these cars. hopefully it's worth something someday lol
There was only a very few cars it looked good on
This was actually my first ever Bristol race that I went to, and I had a blast. Got to meet you and Jarrett (The Iceberg), too. And since that night, I’ve been to Bristol Motor Speedway once a year.
The numbers at the front sides of the cars look way better, gives the current cars a pseudo-Supercars Championship look to them.
I liked the idea of the under glow if it was all the way around and if it matched the colors of the car, not by manufacturer
I don't know why NASCAR was trying to replicate Formula 1 here with the sponsor/number placement
im not going to lie. all of that sounds and looks so entertaining. but then ive become so disconnected from nascar i dont know anything anymore.
I think the old number placement was best, but rearward number is better than the number being by the front wheel
I disagree, I MUCH prefer the forward one to the rear placement
@@everettdavison6452 I don't think they made the best of the number being by the rear wheel, I think there is a lot more potential for awesome paint schemes with the number rearward... I find the number being forward gets in the way of a lot of potential designs
Ngl, i kind of dig the look of having the numbers closer to the rear, but having them where they are now is definitely better
I heard "The 4th and final stage" and got so confused, forgot that the all star race has 4 stages (or is it just this one)
I went to the 2020 night race and having a whole row to myself thanks to Covid was nice. Even better because I ordered crappy low seats on the back, ended up with nice high seats in turn 3
yoooo that was the race where I met you and the other dudes lol
“ catch ya next time “ 😁
DW could say his line before every restart and I’d be just fine with it. Y’all will start to miss him in a few years.
I already missed him the second he announced retirement, I've always enjoyed him, I grew up listening to him, he's comforting to listen to and hilarious.
I thought youtube had taken me to a local news story at 0:28 , thats the channel I watch
Underglow would be interesting if they used it for something (like IMSA leader lights). Maybe for leader/top 5/top 10, or maybe even just for current flag conditions
And the ones at Texas were the worst.
The underglow and main race was underwhelming. It was definitely a strange all star race.
All Star race has always been a race to experiment with new rules to implement in future season
I actually don’t mind the number by the rear wheel🤷🏻♂️
Nah man that was my first race I ever went to. Yeah the cars looked ugly, and the stages were weird, but it got me to stick to being a nascar fan.
Forgot to mention the Choose Conez definitely the best thing to come out of this race.
Crazy to think that this was like 3 years ago
The masking was completely useless
I miss Darrell Waltrip.
...we getting closer to light speed racing 🐎
Future uploads: What If A F1 Race Got Postponed and Revisiting Flat Rock Speedway.
Centered numbers > numbers pushed back >>> numbers pushed forward.
How fitting that Mickey would win the Mickeyest race of them all 😂
The underglow wouldnt have been terrible if there had been more then just the rear bumper like that and if eqch team was allowed to pick their own color to make them match their paint-schemes instead of eqch manufacturer having a color
What was the point nascar actually had a neat idea (at least for the allstar race) for once and still butchered it
Question, before you have 62.8k subs, now you have 68k subs as of now.
I still prefer a Bristol All-Star Weekend than Bristol Dirt Weekend tbh
I honestly think that the number placement wasn’t even that bad. Also, the under glow was pretty sick.
There, I said it.
The under glow would’ve looked awesome if it wasn’t just out the back and nowhere else 🤦🏼♂️
what was the bubba wallace talladega thing?
Basically, he and his team tried to pass off a garage pull rope at Talladega as a noose, and it turned into a public spectacle that involved an FBI investigation. It's kinda like how "bananagate" and other racially-charged hoaxes keep happening at different college campuses so that the black student unions who orchestrate them can put pressure on school administrators to get their list of demands met. At least that's how I interpreted it.
I was there w my dad! we flew in from houston
2020 wasn’t real, NASCAR in 2020 just felt so weird. This race was odd, funny and did I say odd?
I mean the Bristol night race was during cool weather...that's so wrong! When has it ever been cold during the Bristol night race!?
Hey, I was at this race!
Can you do Gary batson’s and dale Earnhardt’s death story
yeah that allstar race was pretty boring in terms of racing, but the format and things they tried were pretty cool. I do hope that they go back to Charlotte with a similar package as the 2018 allstar race though
The underglow was fun and everybody who gets genuinely upset over it should really take a second to reflect
I remember watching this race live as if it were yesterday. I can't believe it's been 3 years since it already. I remember eating Wendy's as they ran the Open and jumped out of my seat while yelling my lungs out when McDowell destroyed Wallace. The main event on the other hand, I remember thinking it wasn't the best racing wise as Elliott pretty much had the better car the whole time
2:45 as someone that roots for Bubba, I will admit that he went too far on this
No he didn’t.
If this race was a look into the future we should have taken the warning seriously!
Today's my 30th Birthday
How the hell does Bristol motor speedway run out of water?
Lowkey I thought the underglow was cool
Your gonna probably hate me for this I loved the car
Marty Robbins
2020 was one of the WORST seasons ever.
2021 was so much better
Pretty sure Byron caused that accident still.
Do NASCAR’s worst all star race from TxMS
The rear wheel number placement is awful, the next gen number placement has left a lot open from some great designs. Great change imo.
I liked the under glow it was cool an something different should be tan once in a while Daytona nite race
The number placement was cool for this race. The cars look better with the numbers pushed back instead of forward. The underglow was terrible in as much as they should've matched it up with the paint scheme of the car. Being based off the manufacturer was a bad idea
I think the last race was rigged.
Every accident is Chastains fault 😂 Feel better all you inept wanna be' s?
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@@runrafarunthebestintheworld you got dunning/kruger xxx